Author: Central Jersey
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CRANBURY: Township pleased with $300K DOT grant award
By Nicole M. Wells, Special Writer CRANBURY – Between Mother Nature’s annual show of seasonal beauty and the downtown beautification project, Main Street is starting to look fresh all over. "The exciting thing is (that) we did receive notification last week that we were awarded a third round grant for downtown beautification," Mayor Susan Goetz…
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HIGHTSTOWN: Lakers rookie will return to Casey Camp
Kelly looks to pass along wisdom to basketball players By Justin Feil, The Packet Group When former Peddie School girls basketball coach Sean Casey founded his summer camp, Ryan Kelly was only beginning to play basketball. Kelly, the nephew of the architect of the Peddie basketball program dynasty, is a shining example of where hard…
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Hopewell is not part of county library system
Alan Kooney, Hopewell To the editor: Regardless of where Hopewell Borough residents stand on the proposal to move the Hopewell Public Library to a new location, it is important that the dialogue not be clouded by factual misconceptions about library taxes currently paid by residents. In a public meeting sponsored by the library to present…
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EDITORIAL: Dealing with crime of rape
A 62-year-old woman came forward this week to tell a story that she hopes will help other women of all ages deal with the trauma and crime of rape. It is but the latest act of courage she has exhibited over the past nine years. In the past couple of weeks she testified at the…
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SOUTH COUNTY: Energy rates locked in; $50K savings likely
Four organizations will benefit from lower cost, budget certainty By John Tredrea, Special Writer Lambertville and West Amwell governmental bodies are expected to save more than $50,000 in a year on electricity as the result of a bidding process. A new contract on the cost of obtaining electric power will benefit four agencies: the City…
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Exploring water through art
‘Oasis and Mirage’ at D&R Greenway Packet Media Group Boychoir concert and homecoming The American Boychoir will hold its annual spring concert on Sunday, May 18, at 3 p.m. in conjunction with its Alumni Homecoming Weekend. Other homecoming festivities include a fun run on campus and a mini-concert and reception to honor James H. Litton,…
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MERCER COUNTY: Annual walk empowers women
Anthony Caruso photo. About 150 people joined in the annual Dress for Success Mercer County Power Walk 5K in Pennigton on Saturday.
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BORDENTOWN TOWNSHIP: Mayor says no security breach involved with chief shooting
Investigation into May 6 incident ongoing by James McEvoy, Managing Editor BORDENTOWN TOWNSHIP — Township Mayor Stephen Benowitz has said there was no breach in security that led to Chief Frank Nucera sustaining non-life threatening injuries on May 6 at the municipal building when his gun went off, wounding him in the leg. "While we…
